If you are around Toronto next week, you should come to my screening April 30th! This immersive video installation brings together family archives, oral histories, and soundscapes to map infrastructures of diaspora, culture, and community ๐๐ฝ
https://t.co/a8k01nb6Q0
@JohnLorinc@fordnation They want feedback let them have feedback!
Gave myself a 3min max to write this, because I have better things to do with my time... probably also true of the provincial government but what do I know, I'm just a guy with 10 years of experience in city planning & urban design ๐ค
@IIutoronto@UnitedWay As for my own research with @UofTCities & @CCA I've been exploring the multi-generational connection to place, space, and community I'm realizing that this CLT work I'm involved in is an extension of a family tradition that goes back generations... but more on that later ๐
Earlier in the fall I was in Vancouver for the @canadianCLTsย annual summit! I was invited to help share some reflections on the growth of the @parkdaleland Neighbourhood Land Trust - check out the report here! https://t.co/iKl9ZHfyQu
And thats not even the end of it - Community Land Trusts are part of the larger community services ecosystem, check out this report from the homies at @IIutoronto & @unitedway https://t.co/KelLUJdaWT
Out here in Nova Scotia to connect with folks from across North America all at various stages of organizing/ operating black led community land trusts!
https://t.co/tBKsAHegOm
1980's saw high immigration to Toronto. Brought with them knowledge and sounds of their respective cultures. Created a fusion. Might not be "original", but appreciation of different cultures was Toronto's sound and we should be proud of it.
Teachers. Dads can be mysterious creatures. I look in the mirror and see his features.
But what about him? This is the only the second year without him.
Iโll play an old tune to hear his voice through the speakers.
No doubt. Kin. Wouldnโt be half what I am without him.